Advert Council appoints Diego Scotti as new board chair

The Advert Council has appointed Diego Scotti as the brand new chair of its board of administrators. The longtime advertising and marketing govt is slated to step down from his present function as chief advertising and marketing officer and govt VP at Verizon later this yr, although it is unclear whether or not he has one other job lined up. 

Scotti joined the Advert Council board of administrators in 2016, led its range process drive from 2018 to 2021 and has served as its vice chair since 2020. He succeeds Jacki Kelley, govt VP, chief consumer officer and chief enterprise officer at IPG, who served the everyday chair time period of 1 yr. Tara Walpert Levy, VP at YouTube, Americas, and co-vice chair of the Advert Council’s board of administrators, will succeed Scotti as chair this time subsequent yr.

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In his new function, Scotti will work with the Advert Council’s governing physique and different management to spearhead the communication business’s efforts to deal with social points comparable to psychological well being, gun violence and racial justice. The non-profit group usually creates nationwide campaigns to attract consideration to those points; for instance, in April the Advert Council teamed with Amazon for an audio-focused marketing campaign addressing teen psychological well being.